The US ambassador stationed here in 2006 viewed large-scale Cuban medical training of Guyanese here as unsustainable because of the brain drain and he also reported back to Washington that regional leaders including President Bharrat Jagdeo had refrained from criticizing Havana on human rights because of the aid they were getting.
In a post headed `Guyana Snares Cuban Medical Aid And Scholarships’ and dated February 7th, 2006, Ambassador Roland Bullen reported back to Washington that President Jagdeo returned from a visit to Cuba and convened a press conference to “trumpet several pledges of assistance, including the establishment of an ophthalmology clinic and a
